Cinematic Era: 1974 Vintage

Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the Little Mermaid who gave her life for the one she loved is brought to life with beautiful animation and narration by Richard Chamberlain.

Pilot movie for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend.

Marcello, the scion of a noble and rich family, is morbidly obsessed with his mother, Countess Elisabetta di Tarcento. When she dies, things go haywire as people around him reveal their true identity and he gets a new motherly companion.

The robber Hotzenplotz shows no mercy and steals Grandma's music-making coffee grinder. Naturally, Kasperl and Seppel have something against this and set off in pursuit. But Hotzenplotz overpowers them. Trapped in the robbers' den, one of them is even to be sold to the mysterious magician Petrosilius Zwackelmann...

In 1957, the Battle of Algiers intensifies. Hassan, a peaceful resident of the Casbah, is mistakenly identified as a dangerous "terrorist leader," earning him the nickname "Hassan Terro." He is arrested, but the French occupation army secretly organizes his escape in the hope of tracking down the leaders of the resistance. In turn, the Algerian liberation army exploits Hassan's naivety to thwart the French military command and disperse its forces.

After a terrorist attack against a train, the police arrest the young laborer Stefano Baldini, member of a group of militant leftists. Entrusted for interrogation to Sergeant Pendicò and special agents Lorusso and Spasiani, Stefano dies, after four days, in unclear circumstances. Doubting the official version of the police, the second time in which a young person died in custody, journalist Cristina Visconti tries, with the aid of the sister of Stefano, to discover the truth. They rub up against a conspiracy of silence that encircles the acts of Pendicò and his associates. Frustrated beyond reason, Cristina tries a desperate ploy: publishing a story without evidence in the newspaper, accusing the three agents of having caused the death of Stefano with their blows. Cristina is put on trial for defamation. Can she avoid going to jail and also reveal the facts surrounding Stefano's death?

A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.

A comedy directed by Andrea Bianchi.

The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.

Seeta (Roja Ramani), a teenage girl, lives with her mother and elder sister (Subha), who runs the house with her harikatha performances. Seeta falls in love with Chandram (Chandramohan), but Gopalakrishna (Devadas Kanakala) has an eye on her and hires goons to bash Chandram...

The film tells the story of Selma's confrontation with reality. Selma and Kemal are a happily married couple. Kemal leaves town for a business meeting. During this time, a mysterious phone call comes in. Ceyda, who is dying in the hospital, has one last wish: to see Kemal. Ceyda's friend Sevda makes some allegations about Kemal to Selma, who has come to the hospital in place of her husband. Determined to uncover the truth, Selma begins to investigate Kemal's past. She will encounter things she never expected.

Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?

An in-demand model, Nathalie can't shake the memory of her fiancé Michel, who died in a tragic car accident. To help her forget, she attends erotic parties organized by a friend. One day, she meets Pierre, who invites her to his château.

Arakkallan Mukkalkkallan is a 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P Bhaskaran and produced by M P Rao and MRK Moorthy. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jayabharathi, Srividya and Adoor Bhasi in lead roles. The film had musical score by V Dakshinamoorthy.

While Holmes is away recuperating, Watson is left to help a damsel in distress.

A story of a thirteen year old boy who lives in North Russia and is forced to make some difficult decisions.

A tongue-in-cheek documentary that goes "behind the scenes" during the production of Federico Fellini's film "Amarcord" (1973).

College student Becky Bartolucci earns a living as a dancer at a nightclub. It's just a way for her to pay for her degree until one day, an obsessive customer reminds her how dangerous her job can be.

After they find buried treasure, four hapless brothers from the countryside discover that changing their fortunes will take more than gold.

A young girl searches for her father, a soldier in the PAVN, after her mother and sister are killed during Christmas Bombings.

Mrs. Holroyd is married to a loutish miner, who drinks, patronizes prostitutes, and apparently brutalizes her. When a gentlemanly neighbor makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true—when her husband dies in a mining accident. When Charles Holroyd's body is brought home from the mine, and his wife and mother must wash him and lay him out for his funeral, we see for the first time the other side of the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Holroyd—now, when it's too late.

A notoriously harsh French judge, vacationing at a luxury resort, finds his holiday interrupted when a mysterious killer begins murdering those in and around the hotel.

A romantic melodrama starring Brigitte Lin.

Frank the carpenter is in love with Hsiao Cheng, his boss's daughter. Frank knows there is no hope for him to marry the daughter of the haughty, rich man, and pronounces a vow to become a Shaolin monk. The wife of Frank's former boss has an extra-marital affair with the carpenter-shop's foreman. When the boss finds out, the foreman kills him, and sets the blame on Frank. Frank will fight for his honour, and wins back his good name - but not his former love.

They're Italy's notorious "Ladies of the evening" catering to the strange cravings of their kinky, high-paying clients. But suddenly, the girls of the street find themselves being stalked by someone with desires even they can't satisfy. After a series of shocking crimes, the clues lead police to a pornographic film maker and his stable of lovely models and starlets. But can the authorities track down the "Hooker Maniac" before he strikes again?

E. A. Whitehead adapted the script of Alpha Beta from his own play. Albert Finney is cast as "The Man," while Rachel Roberts plays "The Woman." The rest of the film remains in this pretentious vein, as we watch Finney and Roberts' marriage crumble before our eyes. One suspects that they might have patched things up had they ignored Whitehead's florid prose. Alpha Beta is salvaged dramatically by the dynamic performances of its stars, who far outshine the material.

A hot day by the Thames - very hot for some Deptford children. When they and some dockers spot a 'prize' in the river, the race is on between the rival factions to win it.

The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years later when Geeta (Sadhana) meets Nita (also Sadhana) in prison. Nita has been wrongly accused of murder. Geeta is then caught up in a scheme to find the true killer which leads her to her brother Johnny's (Sunil Dutt) gang.

A man is arrested and appears in court for conning and betraying four women, posing as four different men.

A prosecutor must try his friend, a deputy district attorney, who has been charged with murdering his wife and her lover.

In 1943 Italy is crumbling. Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer is trying to maintain law and order. One tragic incident will unravel a chain of events leading to him having to stand between the Germans and people he swore to protect.

An insurance man is heavily in debt to a money lender and must pay or die.

An helpless Italian accountant is dispatched to the U.S. to find a black player for his company's basketball team, mistakenly recruiting a Black Power radical. The odd couple becomes friends, but America's racism keeps rearing its ugly head.

Dorothea, a 16-year-old bourgeois girl from Hamburg, plays with her friends of both sexes, imitating the production of adult movies. In the end, pretending to make sex-scenes is not satisfying enough, and with a street professional, Dorothea is initiated in hard sex.

Doña Emilia lives quietly in a village in Lugo, when she receives the news that her son has suffered an accident. So she travels to Madrid without warning.

Two Vietnam deserters go their separate ways, become criminals and are eventually reunited.

Coby is an ex-soldier and billiard champion. He and his friend Len accept the sum of 50,000 dollars to investigate the trafficking of arms across the Mexican border, but the pair come across a new revolutionary revolver.

Four wedding anniversaries serve to chronicle the beginning and end of a thirty-year marriage.

A musical adventure about a young runaway who uncovers an island full of 'fantastic' characters.

A working man went to the forest garden to plant a turnip, where he met a very lazy and, as it later turned out, foolish bear. The man managed to outwit the beast twice without giving him a single gram of the crop.

A scientist is murdered and his new invention is stolen and held for ransom.

The action takes place in one of the provincial towns of England. The First World War ended. Every member of the Conway family dreams of fulfilling their hopes. However, it turns out that their mother's financial condition is extremely upset...

In this Israeli comedy, a father is afraid that after having sired eight daughters, that he will never produce a son.

Ferdous is a village girl who aspires to be a doctor. When she runs away from her stepfather's house, she falls for a Fine artist whom she marries despite the difficulties in their lives. When her husband dies, Ferdous finds herself adrift as she struggles to find her own way.

Egyptian socialite Dalal is determined to win over Kuwaiti businessman Abdullah, who’s fallen for Dolly, a Lebanese seamstress. Dalal’s wild schemes to sabotage their romance lead to a hilarious clash of love and cultural quirks.

An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

If you find yourself screwing a strange piece of ass who’s waaaaay out of your league and her husband happens to walk in on you and she shoots him dead — whatever you do, don’t cough up 25 G’s for her to hush it up because, my friend, you’re being scammed. It’s just the old badger game. And if you do give her money and her name is Sharon Mills (CLAUDINE BENET, an angular blonde with hefty hooters and a divine ass) then you must be Ed Garner, victim of these lewd and larcenous Love Games... Suspecting a scam, Ed — a married, middle-aged man — seeks help from private detective Rick "The Dick" Taylor,a hard-drinking, wise-cracking, ex-actor who believes there’s "nothing like getting laid in the line of duty." Taylor’s dum-as-they-cum secretary, Lucy Brown (SHARON KELLY), a.k.a. "Juicy Lucy, the girl with secretarial secretions," is only too happy to fill her mouth with Rick’s private dick. As Rick says, "A woman should be obscene and not heard."

Yong-cheol, a gangster living in the 1930's, gains the reputation of having amazing fighting skills. However, he decides to give up his lucrative but dangerous calling for his girlfriend. He agrees to do one more job for his boss, but during the robbery, he winds up killing his girlfriend's brother.

The attack of a bank turns into a massacre, leaving many dead. The bandits flee, taking two young women hostage. Unfortunately for them, one of them is none other than the girl of Burke Malloway, the famous trapper.

A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London and set-up home in the countryside.

Palito Ortega recreates his own biography in this film. The most significant events in the singer's life and his personal struggle to achieve success are portrayed through the story of Martín Ríos. A humble boy from the countryside, born into a poor and large family in Tucumán, travels to the capital with the intention of becoming the most popular singer of his time. Despite adversity, Martín will not be deterred in his struggle to achieve success and love.

Poet Daniel Tasker moves to a small Yorkshire village, where he perturbs and disturbs the locals, except for Lizzie, who has feelings awakened in her that change her life.

Singer Suhair marries Salah, the well-known owner of the contracting company, and forces her to leave the band. She has a son with him, then discovers that his works are done illegally and leaves him, and he in turn deprives her of seeing her son. A love affair develops between her and Hosni, the band's new director, but Salah comes to her again and promises her integrity. Suhair hesitates to choose.

Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We Have No Bonanza" with The Three Stooges; "Violent Is the Word for Curly" with The Three Stooges; "You Nazty Spy!" with The Three Stooges (replaced by "Men in Black" for the nontheatrical reissue); "Nothing But Pleasure" with Buster Keaton; "Strife of the Party" with Vera Vague; Chapter 1 of the 1943 "Batman" serial with Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft; and "America Sings with Kate Smith."

An impotent salaryman learns a psychic technique from his boss that can put women under his control. He practices a lot.